# 1.75 mm filament with a LulzBot Mini

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/1-75-mm-filament-with-a-lulzbot-mini/1534 "2015-03-24T16:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenhara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@kenhara](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/kenhara)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/1-75-mm-filament-with-a-lulzbot-mini/1534/1 "2015-03-24T16:13:02Z")

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There are two threads on the Forum about printing 1.75 mm filament on a LulzBot TAZ with a LulzBot Hexagon Hot End (see [https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/can-the-taz-5-use-1-75mm-dia-filament/1488/1](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/can-the-taz-5-use-1-75mm-dia-filament/1488/1) and [https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-5-and-1-75mm-filament/1407/1](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-5-and-1-75mm-filament/1407/1)).

Wanted to share my experience printing with 1.75 mm filament on a LulzBot Mini… So far so good 😃

A few notes:

- Printing with an Iwatani brand PLA blend, I’m not sure exactly what’s in it but it’s relatively stiff and brittle
- Using default LulzBot Mini hardware (LulzBot Hexagon Hot End, standard self-cleaning and leveling, .5 mm nozzle)
- Using default LulzBot Mini medium print quality configurations for LulzBot Cura Edition, only changed filament diameter to 1.75 in advanced settings
- All these photos are licensed CC BY-SA Aleph Objects, Inc.
- All these objects are licensed with Free Culture licenses  
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